Insurance News: Barry Zalma Releases More Insurance Education Books on Amazon and Has Created a Locals Community of Insurance Education Videos.
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Insurance News: Barry Zalma Releases More Insurance Education Books on Amazon
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After practicing insurance law for over five decades, Barry Zalma, an internationally recognized and award-winning insurance expert and author, is releasing multiple education books on Amazon.com. The publications are designed to inform claims people, special investigation unit investigators, coverage lawyers, plaintiffs’ bad faith lawyers, insurance management and the insurance buying public on insurance claims procedures and insurance fraud. Each resource leverages key insights and learnings from Zalma’s 55+ years of practical experience as a claims person and insurance coverage attorney.
Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
To be an insurance professional requires continuous learning. That’s the motivation behind my writing; I have felt a need to share my experiences to help people in the industry learn how to properly handle claims and avoid accusations of the tort of bad faith.” See his latest interview for new adjusters at https://player.fm/series/daily-claims/episode-11-advice-for-new-and-aspiring-adjusters.
Visit Zalma’s Insurance Claims Library to view all publications that can be purchased through Amazon as Paperback and Kindle e-books. A selection of some of the books written by Barry Zalma that are available include:
“How to Acquire, Understand, and Make a Successful Claim on a Commercial Property Insurance Policy: Information Needed for Individuals and Insurance Pros to Deal With Commercial Property Insurance”
The Tort of Bad Faith
The Equitable Remedy of Rescission of Insurance
Insurance Fraud & Weapons to Defeat Insurance Fraud, Volume 1 & Volume 2, including full text insurance fraud decisions from the courts of appeal
The Compact Book on Adjusting Liability Claims, a handbook for the liability claims adjuster
The Compact Book on Adjusting Property Claims, a basic manual for the first party property claims adjuster
Zalma on Insurance Claims – a ten volume treatise.
Ethics for the Insurance Professional, the necessity of ethical behavior in the insurance business
Rescission of Insurance, what is needed to rescind an insurance policy, including full text appellate decisions regarding rescission
The Insurance Examination Under Oath, covering who, when, where, why and how to take an examination under oath.
Would you be interested in sharing this news with your readers, listeners or viewers or insurance claims employees? Please let me know if you would like more information or to arrange an interview with Barry Zalma or presentation of an Excellence in Claims Handling program.
Additional books by Zalma are available from Fastcase.com, Thomson Reuters and the American Bar Association. He has also published numerous articles, blogs, white papers, videos and education courses for insurance practitioners. Visit www.zalma.com and https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/ Locals.com https://zalmaoninsurance.locals.com/subscribe and substack.com for more information.
Formulaic Recitation Of The Elements Of Civil Conspiracy Are Insufficient
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In Hassan Fayad v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al., No. 2:25-cv-10930, United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division (March 24, 2026) Plaintiff Hassan Fayad, the owner of several businesses providing transportation, diagnostics, testing, and therapy services, regularly billed insurance companies for these services, was arrested and tried for fraud, convicted, had the conviction overruled and sued the insurers and prosecutors he found responsible.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
By January 2020, Liberty Mutual, Progressive, Allstate, and Esurance suspected fraudulent activity and filed a complaint with the Michigan Department of Attorney General (MDAG). The insurers alleged that Fayad and others billed Michigan auto insurance policies for profit without actually providing medically ...
Federal Courts Have Limited Jurisdiction
When all Parties Refuse Removal There is No Jurisdiction
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In Beth Mayhew and Matthew Mayhew v. Vladimir Sadovyh, et al., No. 2:26-CV-04029-WJE, United States District Court, W.D. Missouri (April 6, 2026) Mayhew was involved in a trailer-truck accident with Vladimir Sadovyh, who was employed by Nova First, LLC and Globex Transport, Inc. Both companies owned the tractor-trailer involved.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Chubb and Mohave Transportation Insurance Company jointly issued an insurance policy covering Nova First, Globex, and Sadovyh, with EMA Risk Services acting as a third-party administrator.
Beth Mayhew sued Nova First, Globex, and Sadovyh for negligence in Missouri state court, and following a jury trial, a nuclear judgment was awarded to the Mayhews totaling ...
Ordinary Negligence is What Medical Professi0nal Liability Insures
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Sexual Conduct Exclusion Doesn’t Apply When Doctor Negligently Uses His Own Sperm
In Integris Insurance Company v. Narendra B. Tohan, No. AC 47222, Court of Appeals of Connecticut (April 7, 2026) Integris Insurance Company, a medical professional liability insurer, initiated a declaratory action to determine its duty to defend and indemnify Narendra B. Tohan, a physician licensed in Connecticut, in a separate negligence action alleging medical misconduct.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
In 2019, Kayla Suprynowicz and Reilly Flaherty (civil action plaintiffs), who were strangers for most of their lives, discovered through a genetic testing company that they are half siblings.
INSURANCE POLICY
The policy defines “Professional Services” in relevant part as “any professional medical services within the ...
ZIFL – Volume 30, Issue 7 – April 1, 2026
THE SOURCE FOR THE INSURANCE FRAUD PROFESSIONAL
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Posted on April 1, 2026 by Barry Zalma
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter (ZIFL) continues its 30th year of publication dedicated to those involved in reducing the effect of insurance fraud. ZIFL is published 24 times a year by ClaimSchool and is written by Barry Zalma. It is provided FREE to anyone who visits the site at http://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/ This issue contains the following articles about insurance fraud:
No One is Above the Law – Not Even a Police Officer
Police Officer Convicted for Fraud in Reporting an Accident Affirmed
Police Officer Should never Lie about Results of Chase
In State Of Ohio v. Anthony Holmes, No. 115123, 2026-Ohio-736, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga (March 5, 2026) a police officer appealed criminal conviction as a result of lies about a high speed chase.
Read the following article and the full issue of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ZIFL-04-01-2026-1.pdf...
ZIFL – Volume 30, Issue 7 – April 1, 2026
THE SOURCE FOR THE INSURANCE FRAUD PROFESSIONAL
Post number 5314
Posted on April 1, 2026 by Barry Zalma
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter (ZIFL) continues its 30th year of publication dedicated to those involved in reducing the effect of insurance fraud. ZIFL is published 24 times a year by ClaimSchool and is written by Barry Zalma. It is provided FREE to anyone who visits the site at http://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/ This issue contains the following articles about insurance fraud:
No One is Above the Law – Not Even a Police Officer
Police Officer Convicted for Fraud in Reporting an Accident Affirmed
Police Officer Should never Lie about Results of Chase
In State Of Ohio v. Anthony Holmes, No. 115123, 2026-Ohio-736, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga (March 5, 2026) a police officer appealed criminal conviction as a result of lies about a high speed chase.
Read the following article and the full issue of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ZIFL-04-01-2026-1.pdf...
Posted on March 30, 2026 by Barry Zalma
Insurance Fraud, a Way to Reduce Violent Crime
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A Fictionalized True Crime Story of Insurance Fraud from an Expert who explains why Insurance Fraud is a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” situation for Insurers. The story helps to Understand How Insurance Fraud in America is Costing Everyone who Buys Insurance Thousands of Dollars Every year and Why Insurance Fraud is Safer and More Profitable for the Perpetrators than any Other Crime.
She Taught Her Customers The Swoop And Squat:
Recently the California Insurance Department’s Fraud Division arrested a young woman in Los Angeles County for operating an insurance fraud school. She advertised her classes in the “Penny Saver” an advertising sheet distributed free to the public and a print version of Facebook, X Craig’s list. She had operated for several years teaching methods of committing automobile insurance fraud. Only after a police officer enrolled in one of her classes was she arrested.
Her defense ...
